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No. Graham

Not really. The Yamato definitely has more articulation at the hips, knees and shoulders. Plus of course it transforms and is more durable. But anyway, it's pointless comparing models to toys, they are really apples and oranges. Graham

As I mentioned in the model forum, the Hasegawa's elbow joint is inacurate. It shouldn't be that exposted. Graham

I've got it in storage somewhere. I'll try to dig it up and take a pic. Graham

18.1 inches! He's not John Holmes! Graham

I know next to nothing about the history of naval warfare. My 22 month old son does like having splashing fghts with me when I give him his bath. He usually wins as well. Does that count? Graham

Bah, any anime that has a mecha with trains for shoulders, a lion's head on it's chest and is armed with a giant childrens squeaky hammer and a giant screwdriver should be banned for being too silly. At least it would be banned under the dictatorship of Graham. Graham

Isn't drifting where you have no fixed abode and wander from place to place? Graham

What's a meme? Graham

For those of you who don't realise it, 1/1 LowViz Lurker is joking about a Low Vis VF-0S in his post above. That is simply an old magazine pic of the unpainted resin sculpt. I point that out so we can avoid 20 pages of people either a) asking when it's coming out and if it will be limited and b) commenting that the colour scheme sucks. Graham

I love Wicked City, it's one of my all time favorite anime movies. I hated the HK live action version, although Michelle Reis was very cute in it (as usual). I hope in this new live action movie, the main character uses a custom .454 Casull revolver like in the anime. Graham

So I guess that was a fail then? Graham

Yes, the leg FAST packs have magnets in them. Of course, there are matching magnets inside the lower legs. Graham

The landing gear has improved locking over the 1/48 and also, the rear landing gear angles out when opened. Graham

VF-0 is a bit more sensible, having only one tailhook, mounted on the centerline of the backpack. Graham

Correct. Graham

To those members that have posted new pics in the last 2 pages, any objection if I add them to the toy section? Graham

I hardly ever go on toy hunts for myself anymore, despite Hong Kong having many great toy and hobby shops. These days, if I get some free time away from the wife and kid, I'd rather spend it having drinks and dinner with friends, rather than traipsing round endless toyshops in the sweltering heat and humidity of Hong Kong's summer. Pretty much the only toys that interest me anymore are Yamato's Macross toys, which I usually pick up from Neova. On the rare occasion a US toy catches my fancy, I'll order it online rather than checking the import shops. The only time I do toy hunt these days is if I'm looking for a toy for my 22 month old son. Graham

It's pretty close in size to the 1/48 gunpod. Graham

Got to play ACE 2 for a few minutes yesterday. The Macross bits of the opening movie were great. It's a pity that the silly Turkey Gundam is featured in the movie though. That's one mecha I can't stand. The set up of the game is confusing as hell if you don't read Japanese. There was several pages of text and options you had to click through before you could start and I had no idea what I was doing. I thought I'd selected Macross mecha to play, but ended up piloting some sort of non-anime, original ACE2 mecha and fighting a bunch of Zakus and what looked like AH-1 Cobra helicopter gunships in a desert environment! Gameplay was OK, although there seemed to be no quick way to turn the mecha, but given that AFAIK, the game uses an engine from From Software (Armored Core), this is hardly surprizing, as the AC games are notorious for their slow turning mecha. Got bored after a couple of minutes of flying around wasting Zakus, which seemed to have very stupid AI and basically stood still, ocassionally taking very inaccurate pot shots at me. Don't think I'll be buying this, behaps if there was an international version with English text, I'd give it more of a chance, but these days I just can't be bothered with Japanese text-heavy games anymore, no matter how big a fan of a franchise I am. Graham

Finally gave the disk 1 dub a listen over the weekend. Gotta say with the exception of Mari, it's 'painful on the ears' type bad. Every time I have to listen to them saying "Muh-cross" I cringe. Graham

Gonna have to agree with you there on all counts, especially the CG spaceship, looks terrible. Graham

Don't worry, that's the one I've known about for years.... I try all the time to convince my parents to get me a digital SLR, but no dice. My stupid dad doesn't undersand why our Sony Mavica (uses floppy disks, doesn't even have a measurable megapixel because that wasn't the unit of measurement at its time) isn't goog enough, and my mom doesn't want to spend that kind of money. 388669[/snapback] Wow, Sony Mavica! I remember those. First handled one back in 1997 IIRC. Graham

May be a little later now, around end of April. Graham

Buy a better camera! (Will add this to the MW Custom Toy Gallery) Graham